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MHET 2/4, 555 (P509934)
Legal, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MHET 2/4, 555 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509934 |
| Museum no. | BM 087292 + BM 087337 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [u3] i-ta _a-sza3_ [...] | and from the field ... |
| 2 | _[sag]-bi 1(disz)-kam-ma_ {i7}gu#-[...] | Its head is the 1st. The Euphrates |
| 3 | _sag#-bi 2(disz)-kam a-gar3_ bu-[...] | Its second head is the meadow of ... |
| 4 | _[a]-sza3#_ i-na-sza3-ir-szi-it _lukur_ {d}utu _dumu-munus_ ARAD-[...] | the field he shall cultivate the nadītu of Šamaš daughter of Urad- |
| 5 | _ki_ i-na-sza3-ir-szi-it _lukur_ {d}utu | from Ina-šarri-it the nadītu of Utu |
| 6 | be-el-ti _a-sza3_ | the lady of the field |
| 7 | {disz}a-wi-il-isz8-tar2 _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}utu# | Awīl-Ištar, son of Ibni-Sîn |
| 8 | _a-sza3_ a-na er-re-szu-tim | the field for cultivation |
| 9 | a-na _gu2-un_ a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_ | for the oxen for 1 year |
| 10 | u2-sze-s,i | he brought in. |
| 11 | _u4 buru14-sze3_ | at harvest time |
| 12 | _1(bur3) GAN2 1(disz)-e 8(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu | 1 bur3 surface area, 1 gur 8 gur barley, (measured) by the seah of Šamaš |
| 13 | [...] _gu2#-un a-sza3_-szu# | ... the yield of his field |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _iti sig4-a u4 3(u)-kam_ | The month of Simanu, the day 30 |
| 2' | _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e alan-a-ni du10-bi i3!-musz3!-a {d}pap-nun-na nun sza3!-asz!-gub_ | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, his good statue Imuš, Papnuna, ruler of Ša-ašarēd, |
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